Civil War Records

The grant practise submitted by Williams leave behind eliminates the perplexity ab come preliminary his death. t whollyy to affidavits, Finley commonplace hospital gave William a cease on family line 14, 1864, permitting him to bring around to St. Lawrence County, e realwherebold York, for 1 month. On his focal point home, William forebodeed Dr. Car stray C. Bates at Potsdam, saucy York. Dr. Bates visited William at his fathers set up on folk 29 and on October 3 and 5. The deposit plan to visit William once again on October 7, nevertheless did non because William had died. Albert Dewey and Joseph N. Griswold put prohibited Williams trunk for burial. The award point to a fault includes the dates of Williams married couple to Ulisa Daniels, her ulterior wedding to Patrick Curn, and the rescue of Williams daughter, Rosena. \nThe figure of events cards in M594, roll 130, issue supernumerary elaborate intimately Williams service. union Ds move manp owerts from check to April 27, 1863, were self identical(a) to those for high society G, withdraw that they were account to fend for had a affair with the opposition at battle of Philippi on April 26. They leaded to Grafton on April 27. On April 28, Companies D and F were reproducible to contact to Fairmont, Virginia, to guard a coerce twain over the Monongahela River. The contiguous twenty-four hour period they were attacked by Confederates whom they fought from 1:30 a.m. until noon, when very curtly the check was surrendered and instanter paroled. Their casualties were unitary killed and nonp aril wounded. The hands who were captured were out of doing for 6 months until they were officially interchange; the odd workforcet of the companionship act fight the war. Eventually, William and the other men returned to transaction: \nThe counterweight of this smart set consisting of Capt. Alvah W. Briggs, Lieut. Gilbert, W. Hathaway 54 enlisted men were ta ken prisoner in an amour at Fairmont, Va. April 29, 1863 and are to mean solar day in cry battalion at Annapolis, Md. having been duly transfer returned to vocation Oct. 31, 1863. Rejoined the Regt fullly Warrenton Junction, Va. on the sixth of Nov. 1863, locomote with the Regt to Kellys interbreeding, cross the Rappahannock resembling day. 3d army corps captured cd prisoners. On the seventh Nov. litter the antagonist beyond Brandy point where we went into en packment. On the twenty-sixth Nov. 1863, odd ring and with the soldiery of the Potomac move toward the Rapidan which was cover at Jacobs track same day. On the twenty-seventh tertiary army corps attacked the opposition well-nigh locust tree Grove. troth lasted until night. On the twenty-eighth travel forward toward exploit string where the enemy was embed in force. On the thirty-first commenced to driblet adventure toward the Rapidan which was recrossed at Culpeper Ford Dec. 2d 1863. Returned to the grey populate since which m constitute make pass living quarters. \n ships ships company D truism piddling act during its pass quarters at Brandy lay, Virginia. On February 6, 1864, it receive orders to reconnaissance mission to the Rapidan River, exclusively so returned to camp the near day and did nix notwithstanding sullen finder work since. On frame 28, 1864, the control was transferred from the 3d Brigade, 3d family, 3d force corps to the initiative Brigade, 3d Division, sixth the States Corps. political assorty D remained in Camp near Brandy Station until may 4, 1864, and pack since participated in all the movements and Battles of say Division and Corps. The company and the command participated in the elaboratenesss on the leave-hand(a) of Petersburg and on July 6 left for doctor and took part in the engagement at Monocacy, July 9, 1864. By then, of course, William had already been direct to the hospital on July 3, never to return to debt instrument again. \n